Entertainment calendar - July 20 editionKids and Family
MOREHEAD CITY PANTHERS YOUTH FOOTBALL REGISTRATION 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 22, at the Morehead City Parks and Recreation Department, 1600 Fisher St., Morehead City Panthers Youth Football offers tackle football and cheer programs …

Entertainment calendar – March 23 editionKids and Family
CANDY, CHICKS AND ROCK ’N ROLL 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 7-8, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at Carteret Community Theatre. In this event, the theatre turns into a giant candy factory for the showing of “Hop.” There will be a …

Entertainment calendar – March 16 editionKids and Family
DEFY GRAVITY TEEN TRIP 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at Fort Benjamin Recreation Center in Newport. This program is for those ages 11-15 and costs $40 per person. Ticket price includes jump ticket, lunch and transportation. …

Workplace-wellness tips from North Bay’s healthiest companiesFor the fifth year, the Business Journal is privileged to recognize North Bay companies and organizations that are taking workplace wellness to new levels.
The winners were selected by the Journal editorial staff from nominations submitted by the …

Khloe finds sex during pregnancy interestingLos Angeles, Feb 18 (IANS) Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian says sex in pregnancy is uncomfortable, but interesting.
The reality TV star, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Tristan Thompson, opened up about her experience with pregnancy sex …

Greens MP Julie Anne Genter announces pregnancyJulie Anne Genter, Green Party minister and a candidate as women's co-leader, is pregnant. She announced the news in a personal statement from her home in Auckland today. The baby is due in the first week of August. Genter also posted the news on …

Green MP Julie Anne Genter announces pregnancyGreen MP Julie Anne Genter has announced her pregnancy at her Auckland house this morning.
Julie Anne Genter
Source: Supplied
She held a press conference standing in front of a bookshelf in her lounge with her partner Peter beside her.
They both appeared …

Alternative Health and Medicine

February 3, 2018 - Brady's TB12 method is reflective of a wider debate in American culture about the perception of medicine and science and the rising distrust of those fields in favor of alternative theories that often don't have any basis in fact. Anti-vaxxers who want ...

December 7, 2017 - Sass points out that candidiasis is a contentious topic. "This is a controversial issue, even within the alternative medicine community," she tells Health via email. "Practitioners who do believe in it however typically cite symptoms including chronic ...

November 13, 2017 - Chronic alcohol use, or alcoholism, affects roughly 4% of Canadians1 and roughly 12.5% of Americans.2 Alcohol consumption is known to increase the risk of several types of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease in a dose-dependent ...

October 2, 2017 - “I am concerned about antibiotic resistance, emerging viruses, and the risks posed by chronic disease,” the herbalist Cat Ellis writes in her book “Prepper's Natural Medicine: Life-Saving Herbs, Essential Oils and Natural Remedies for When There Is No ...

September 20, 2017 - It's more a matter of approaching them with a healthy dose of skepticism. Dr. Harriet Hall, a retired family physician, former Air Force flight surgeon, and author of the SkepDoc column in Skeptic magazine, is one of those leading the charge against ...

July 31, 2017 - B17 merchants may have been deterred by his conviction, but not defeated. Until recently, Oxygen Health Systems allegedly told customers, “Laetrile (i.e. Vitamin B17) therapy is one of the most popular and best known alternative cancer treatments ...

June 7, 2017 - These studies don't imply that toddlers must be fed milk and eggs to grow big and strong; some kids have allergies or intolerances, and nutrition experts say that even children raised on vegan diets can be completely healthy—and may actually develop ...

May 17, 2017 - Those patients treated with simvastatin also had better disability scores at the end of study. The phase III trial will cost almost £6 million and is being funded by collaboration between the National Institute for Health Research, the MS Society (UK ...

May 1, 2017 - The Group/Jones relationship might be the best nexus we have for understanding how conspiracy theorism and and alternative health claims are intertwined. For some conspiracy-minded people, vitamins and supplements are a literal manifestation of a ...

Alternative Health News

Joanna Marshall pleas form more funds for lung cancerA non-smoking mother-of-two has revealed her fear of leaving her children behind after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Joanna Marshall, 40, from Stirling in Scotland, is appealing for more funding for research into the disease that kills twice …

My Turn: Consumer Reports is off-base on Natural Medicine‘Did you see the article in Consumer Reports on naturopaths?” my friend asked.
I had not yet received the March issue, which to my dismay has a front-page headline, “The Health Risks of ‘Natural’ Medicine”. My friend knows I’m an avid supporter of our …

Alternative Practitioners News

January 17, 2018 - Johnnette du Rand Kelly is a massage therapist who practices oncology massage. She is also founding director of Greet The Day, a Newport Beach, California-based organization that provides therapies for adult and pediatric cancer patients and provides ...

March 25, 2015 - When at the peak of health, many have experienced "highs" practicing yoga, tai qi and meditation, leading to longer-lasting positive insights and energy. In fact, the goal of Transcendental Meditation is enlightenment. The difference between these ...

October 27, 2014 - Inside San Quentin State Prison, where prisoners received acupuncture treatments. At 10 a.m. sharp, the doors opened and the 50 chairs slowly began to fill until there was a new line snaking around the gym with inmates waiting for their first ...

June 22, 2014 - As acupuncturists and herbalists, you have a wealth of skills to stop leaking. Of course, you must focus on it in order to achieve it. It is very important that you do not just treat symptoms, though symptoms must be addressed. Remember always that ...

January 29, 2014 - We have five powerful weapons in our arsenal that will do a number on gynecological cysts. They are acupuncture, herbology, hunger awareness training, focused deep breathing and posture retraining. Each of the first three individually will resolve most ...

April 12, 2011 - The company's annual health fairs were coming up (there were two to accommodate the two locations), and when she found out what I do - she immediately asked me if I would come to be the acupuncturist for the events. Attending the health fairs were ...

January 15, 2011 - Ge Hong is renowned for writing the Bao Pu Zi, a collection of the known qi gong practices up to his time; he was a major contributor to Nei Gong (inner-alchemy) and is known for applying internal alchemy into the practice of acupuncture. Tao Hongjing ...